John Nunn’s Best Games (Grandmaster Chess)

Winner of the British Chess Federation Book of the Year AwardGrandmaster John Nunn discusses his most entertaining and instructive games from the period 1985-1993John Nunn has an unparalleled reputation as a chess theoretician and writer of the highest class. This book is far more than a collection of superbly analysed games, however. The author has brought the games to life with anecdotes from the events, and provides many practical tips which will be of benefit to aspiring chess players of all levels of ability.Winner of the British Chess Federation ‘Book of the Year’ award in 1995Includes victories over Short, Tal, Korchnoi, Anand, Gelfand, Portisch and many other top players.A manual of attacking chess, from one of the world’s best tacticiansCovers the years 1985-93, when Nunn entered the world top ten and competed in the world’s leading chess eventsDr John Nunn gained the grandmaster title in 1978 and was one of the world’s top grandmasters for a quarter of a century. His best individual result was sixth place overall in the World Cup in 1989, while his record as a team player is superb, with three team silver and four individual gold medals in Chess Olympiads. He later earned a second grandmaster title for chess problem-solving, taking the world championship in 2004, 2007 and 2010, and winning the British problem-solving championship ten times, most recently in 2020. In 2022 he won the British 65+ championship with a 100% score, and later in the year won the World 65+ Championship, the first British player to do so. Read more